Merry Christmas from the Nut House

Merry Christmas!

Greetings! We hope that this finds you healthy and content and somehow managing to carve out some peace and quiet in the busyness of life (because we are trying to and we are hoping that SOMEONE OUT THERE is having success at it)! As usual, it’s been a busy year full of changes, challenges and adventures here at the Nut House but as we reflect back, we can say it has all been worth it. The economic crunch has hit us a bit harder than we’d hoped this year and yet God has provided for us in ways we never expected – growing our faith once again. (God always does amazing things, even with the ugly stuff, doesn’t He?) More than ever these days, we are reminded that we have all we need in Christ and each other – so we continue to do all we can to reach out to those around us whose needs are even greater.

Happily, we’ve enjoyed some particularly special blessings this year: the arrival of Justin and Jayme’s son, our nephew Mason (aka: “Boo Smoochie” ); Ryan moving here from Colorado; Thanksgiving with Traci, Sean and Hollie (how’s that thumb, Uncle Sean?), more building on Bobby Robert’s Party Farm and some beautiful time spent in Colorado. This year, Grammy and Grampy Rogers will be joining us for Christmas!

We love hearing from all of you, especially through emails and Facebook. Please keep in touch and send along any prayer requests our way. We are always more than happy to lift our loved ones up when they need it!

Blessings, Love and Peace to you all,
Andie, Lee, Shaun & Cody




Silly Siblings - Ryan and Andie





Mason, the "Boo Smoochie"



Uncle Sean, the Thanksgiving Casualty

The Hendrickson & Wehmeyer clans

16+ years and counting...

In an effort to give Mom a hand this year, we drew names and each wrote 6 sentences about that person instead of having Mom write the whole thing herself. (Really, this is a secret strategy to keep things shorter and at a readable font size. We let Mom blabber on the blog now instead of the holiday letter.)

Lee, by Cody

Daddy is 41 and he works for US Airways. Daddy is calm. Daddy is funny. He feeds us. Daddy tickles us a lot. Daddy sings “Jesus Loves Me” to me.

Andie, by Lee

This year has been a very busy one here in the Hendrickson house. Andie has been going all day and night keeping the Nut House running. Keeping us healthy and happy by making sure we are get to all of our family and friends’ events and doctor appointments. On top of that, she is the greatest mom and wife us boys could ever ask for. The amount of love that she shows and gives is enough for 10 families! We love her very much. Thank you, Mom!

Cody, by Shaun

This year Cody is 9 and wears glasses. He has a helper named Adam. He is in third grade. He likes nachos and cheese. He is funny and happy and calm. He likes games.

Shaun, by Mom

Shaun is 11 years old and in 6th grade – next year he will be in junior high! He is growing his hair out long, almost as tall as me and his shoes are bigger than mine now. This year Shaun got to go to Science Camp where he enjoyed riding the zip line upside down (of course). He has really grown up this year and is more responsible and helpful than ever. He loves to play video games, get the dogs to chase lasers, be outside and hang out with his friends and his Uncle Ryan. Thankfully for me, he still enjoys his bedtime snuggles, too!